Setup Remote Server

Overview

We will be working on a server for HTML development. This will allow us to create pages that can be shown to others and we have the benefit of a full server. This also allows for server-side functions like PHP and SQL.

Purpose

Use a development environment, to host a web site and begin engaging with some of the server-side elements of a web site.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Create a project in on a remote server
• Upload a local web site to the server

Preparation

• Examine several server options and determine what works best for your context.

• Setup C9 account and give students access to your “team”

Links

• For the Teacher
  • https://paiza.cloud/
  • https://codio.com
  • https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/lamp-web-server-with-wordpress
• For the Students

Vocabulary

Teaching Guide

Getting Started:

• Discuss what a web server is and how it is different than a personal computer.
• What are some of the services that we will use that are on a server?

Activity:

• Create a new workspace on your server.
• Upload (or copy & paste) the HTML that you built on your local machine.

Activity:

• Follow the Using MySQL
• Create a SQL database.
  • This will be used in later lessons.

Wrap-up

Discussion:

• What software is on a server that is not on your computer?
• What are some benefits of using a virtual development environment?

Assessment Questions

Extended Learning

• SQL Tutorial w3schools
  • https://www.w3schools.com/sql/
• SQL Code Academy
  • https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-sql

    Standards Alignment

License

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